Portable fire place and flue



(No Model.) I 1 J. W. COOPER.

PORTABLE PLACE AND FLUE.

No. 363,210. 4% f Patented May 17,1887.-

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UNITED STATES PATENT Orrien.

JOHN w. ooornn, OF BRINKLEY, ARKANSAS.

PORTABLE FIRE. PLACE AND FLU E.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 363,210, dated May 17,1887.

Application filed June 22, 1885. Serial No. 169,386. (No model.)

My invention relates to'improvemenis in portable fire places and fines,the object of which is to provide a cheap, simple, and durable devicefor burning wood or coal to heat a room. These objects I attain by meansof the device illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming a partof this specification,

in whieh- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the entire device. Fig. 2 isa section on the line m 00 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a section on the line yy of Fig. 1. Fig. etis a modification showing the frame for a doublefire-place and chimney.

D is a box of any desired shape and size. It may be made of wood orother desired material, and has a back, cl, with sides d (1 whith restupon a suitable foundation, 0, which may be made of stone or brick.

d d are cross-bars, made of iron or other suitable material, which arepreferably set in mortises in the upper, front, and back edges of theside pitces, (1" d A is a fire-box composed of sheet metal, preferablyin one piece, having a back, a, curving forward and upward, and sides aa", flaring outward from the back and provided with flanges a a whichare provided with holes a and a This box 'is made so as to leaveaIspace, E, between the box D and the sides and back of the fire-box tobe filled with dirt or other suitable material. The box A rests on thefoundation (1.. Its top is formed of the horizontal cross-pieces 61* (P,the former extending from the back edge and spaced apart to leave theopening 1) into the fine.

N is a hearth, also made of sheet metal, and is provided with catches 00, which are made to enter the openings a a, so that it may be turned upagainst the flanges a a.

P P are hooks attached to the fire-box A may be made smaller as itascends, the parts being secured to each other by means of strips ofmetal I bolted or riveted above and below the joint.

Fig. 4 is a modification for a double firebox, one set in at each side.The space between, as in the single fire-place, is filled with earth orother desired material, the fines being separated by a partition restingon the middle crosspiecc, Q.

Thus I have a cheap and simple fire-place that can be easily moved, andone that is safe and durable.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Let ters Patent, is-

1. The box D, comprising a bottom, 0, vertical side and back walls, openfront walls, a a, horizontal top pieces, (1 (2 leaving an opening, 1),partition a, forming the filled space E, and the back of thefire-chamber and the chimney, substantially as set forth.

2. The withindeseribed portable fireplace, comprising the flue B, box D,consisting of a bottom, 0, vertical side and back walls, and open frontWalls, a a", pierced with openings (0 a horizontal top pieces, (1* (1leaving an opening, I), partition a, forming the filled space E, and thefireback, the catches o 0, and the movable hearth N, to which saidcatches are secured, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN W. COOPER.

